Began In The Technology, Into The Arts, Seeking Almost Road

Chinese martial art films have witnessed its development for nearly a century and its sound has been through a development course of “starting from skills,advancing with artistry and pursuing a doctrine”.The absence of sound effects and labeled application of music are the major characteristics of sounds in Chinese martial art films in the stage of “starting from skills”. With the rise of new martial art films in Hong Kong, three major kinds of sound effect in martial art films come into being—“masculinity”,“freehand brushwork” and “Kung Fu”. Since the implementation of opening-up and reform policy,the mutual integration and common prosperity among China mainland,Taiwan,Hong Kong and Macau have made the sound in Chinese martial art films more focused on sensory stimuli and auditory joy,which has completed the stage of “advancing with artistry” for Chinese martial art films. Entering the new century,Chinese directors attach greater importance to the exploration of Chinese traditional culture and humanistic spirits when constantly introducing advanced technology in Hollywood with a hope to create the martial art film sounds encompassed by the unique lingering charm of China, which indicates that the sound in Chinese martial art films step into the stage of “pursuing a doctrine”. This paper argues that, in the hundred years of development the art of sound in China, sound embodies the Chinese film concept, which shows the Chinese charm and carry forward the traditional aesthetic thoughts are inseparable China.